13th July 2013 ... New additions

10 more added to the year list ...

1086 ... Hedya salicella

1921 ... Scalloped Oak

2026 ... Vapourer

1405 ... Pleuroptya ruralis

1732 ... Shaded Broad-bar

1495 ... Marasmarcha lunaedactyla

2031 ... White Satin Moth

2314 ... Dingy Shears

1064 ... Celypha  rosaceana

1452 ... Phycita roborella

4th July ... Cloak and Dagger

A warm, sultry night produced a trap full.
Cloaked Minor and Short-cloaked Moth were both year firsts, throw in 4 Grey Dagger aggs. and you've got a blog heading .
Traps results :-
The Micros
1 ... 0647 Hofmannophila pseudospretella
1 ... 0648 Endrosia sarcitrella
1 ... 0874 Blastobasis lacticolella
2 ... 0905 Blastodacna hellerella year first
2 ... 0937 Agapeta hamana
3 ... 0994 Clepsis consimilana
1 ... 1033 Tortrix viridana
3 ... 1216 Cydia pomonella
5 ... 1293 Chrysoteuchia culmella *
5 ... 1294 Crambus pascuella *
5 ... 1302 Crambus perlella *
2 ... 1338 Dipleurina lacustrata
4 ... 1344 Eudonia mercurella
1 ... 1348 Parapoynx stratiotata
1 ... 1371 Sitochroa verticalis (Below

3 ... 1376 Eurrhypara hortulata
1 ... 1390 Udea prunalis
1 ... 1413 Hypsopygia costalis year first
2 ... 1424 Endotricha flammealis
1 ... 1439 Trachycera advenella year first (Below)

8 ... 1474 Ephestia parasitella
2 ... 1481 Homoeosoma sinuella
1 ... 1524 Emmelina monodactyla
* more than 5, but unchecked
Several micros potted up for ID/gen det.

The Macros
1 ... 1653 Buff Arches year first (Below)

1 ... 1669 Common Emerald
2 ... 1690 Small Blood-vein
2 ... 1705 Dwarf Cream Wave
1 ... 1711 Treble Brown Spot
6 ... 1713 Riband Wave
2 ... 1728 Garden Carpet
1 ... 1765 Barred Yellow
1 ... 1816 Toadflax Pug
1 ... 1817 Foxglove Pug
3 ... 1834 Common Pug
1 ... 1837 Grey Pug
1 ... 1922 Swallow-tailed Moth
2 ... 1931 Peppered Moth
5 ... 1937 Willow Beauty
1 ... 1955 Common White Wave year first (Below)

1 ... 1958 Clouded Silver
1 ... 1976 Privet Hawk-moth
1 ... 2009 Maple Prominent year first (Below)

1 ... 2026 Vapourer year first (Below)

5 ... 2047 Scarce Footman
12 . 2050 Common Footman
2 ... 2069 Cinnabar
1 ... 2077 Short-cloaked Moth year first (Below)

2 ... 2087 Turnip Moth
6 ... 2088 Heart & Club
12 . 2089 Heart & Dart
3 ... 2098 Flame
3 ... 2107 Large Yellow Underwing
2 ... 2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing
1 ... 2110 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
2 ... 2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character
2 ... 2128 Double Square-spot
1 ... 2155 Dot Moth
1 ... 2164 Broad-barred White
1 ... 2165 Small Ranunculus
3 ... 2170 Varied Coronet
3 ... 2199 Common Wainscot
1 ... 2279 Sycamore
4 ... 2284x Grey Dagger agg.
8 ... 2321 Dark Arches
1 ... 2333 Large Nutmeg
2 ... 2341 Cloaked Minor year first (Below)

18 . 2381 Uncertain
2 ... 2422 Green Silver-lines (Below)

7 ... 2489 Fan-foot

3rd Sep 2011...1p

Overnight min temp: 13.5 deg, calm
My second Hummingbird Hawkmoth of the year was seen in the front garden at 18.30 hours.
Thanks to sharp-eyed Captain Trappings who spotted it as he was leaving.
After that great start to the evenings mothing, nothing new turned up but still a nice selection was recorded.
A Cream-bordered Green Pea was unexpected.
Best of the rest, Centre-barred Sallow, Angle Shades, Snout, Cabbage Moth, Silver Y, Vapourer, also another 50 plus, maybe more, L.Y.U's.
That makes well over 150 for the last two nights !


CREAM-BORDERED GREEN PEA




VAPOURER





SILVER Y

       

26th June 2011...GLUT

It's been hard finding the time to keep up with the blog and records at this time of year....and I am not working at the mo, so I don't know how you guys with full time jobs manage !
Caught a nice new addition for the garden, BLUE-BORDERED CARPET

and made a few inroads into Captain Trappings leading species total, with double-figures new or year first arrivals. VAPOURER expected in the traps and at this time of year and didn't disappoint........ ..... and this FOXGLOVE PUG was potted on the shed wall YEAR FIRSTS... NEW FOR GARDEN... MACRO...MICRO
20 plus Common Footman
3 x Scarce Footman
8 x Heart and Dart
1 x Vapourer
3 x Dot Moth
3 x Yellow Shell
2 x Small Dusty Wave
7 x Riband Wave
2 x Swallow-tailed Moth
5 x Fan-foot
1 x Smoky Wainscot
5 x V-Pug
1 x Silver-Y
1 x Blue-bordered Carpet
1 x Clouded Silver
1 x Iron Prominent
1 x Small Emerald
1 x Ruby Tiger
1 x Varied Coronet
2 x Grey Dagger agg
5 x Uncertain
8 x Dark Arches
2 x Large Yellow Underwing
2 x Double Square-spot
1 x Least Carpet
1 x Small Blood-vein
1 x Toadflax Pug
1 x Treble Brown Spot
1 x Blackneck
1 x Single Dotted Wave
1 x Common Emerald
1 x Scalloped Oak
1 x Mottled Rustic
1 x Rustic Shoulder-knot
1 x Marbled Minor agg
2 x Double-striped Pug
1 x Green Pug
20 Other pugs not identified
1 x Light Arches
3 x Pale Mottled Willow
3 x Willow Beauty
2 x Rustic
1 x Heart and Club

6 x Aphomia sociella
5 x Eudonia mercurella
2 x Acleris forsskaleana
2 x Eurrhypara hortulata
2 x Homoeosoma sinuella
2 x Sitochroa verticalis
2 x Phlyctaenia coronata
1 x Yponomeuta cagnagella
2 x Teleiodes vulgella
1 x Batia lunaris
1 x Phtheochroa rugosana
3 x Cnephasia agg
1 x Ephestia parasitella
1 x Orthopygia glaucinalis
1 x Phycita roborella
1 x Parapoynx stratiotata
2 x Mompha subbistrigella
1 x Epiblema foenella
1 x Pandemis cerasana
15+ x Crambus lathoniellus
15+ x Chrysoteuchia culmella
Totals:-
284 species....175 macro, 109 micro

29th Sept....Shut your trap !

Heavy rain for most of the evening meant the trap went under cover. The rain moved on, the clouds disappeared and the temperature plummeted. Result: 21 moths of 7 species.
It was nice to see another VAPOURER after a long absence.

Two COMMON MARBLED CARPET showing quite a size and colour difference 5 x Large Yellow Underwing

4 x Lunar Underwing

3 x Willow Beauty

3 x Pale Mottled Willow

3 x Blair's Shoulder-knot

2 Common Marbled Carpet

1 x Vapourer

8th July...Shark !

a garden 1st for this SHARK

after a fair bit of confusion it appears that this is a CABBAGE MOTH

First visit of the year for a MOUSE MOTH

VAPOURER I couldnt BUY one last year, this is my 3rd for 2010

BURNISHED BRASS The spell of good weather continued to give 40 plus species in the one garden Skinner trap

27th June.........Manic !

The last two nights have been very busy. Hard to keep up with it all especially with three traps running in an intensive effort to catch up some ground on the Caldecote garden trap. Macro total is now standing at 115 for the year. Not too many to add to the list this weekend but it was nice to get Sallow Kittens big brother :- POPLAR KITTEN

missed out on this one last year....

VAPOURER

First BLOODVEIN this year....SMALL BLOOD-VEIN that should read. Thanks and well spotted Ben (:0))

YELLOW SHELL

DOT MOTH Recorded around 60+ species of macro over the weekend...... and now I'm going to study all the Pug pics that I took,,, as a sanity test.... (micros after that, before the men in white coats arrive )